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Anthropology-Modern World
Afghanistan, Iran, Chechnya
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2007

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Khalq
Definition
Pashtun Communist Party
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Parcham
Definition
Progressive Non-Pashtun Communist Party
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Zahir Shah
Definition
last king of afghanistan, allows country run by by Maiwandwal
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Gulbuddin Hikmatyar
Definition
Mujahedeen leader, led seige of Kabul
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Ahmad Shah Mas'ud
Definition
Tajik Mujahedeen leader, Lion of Panjshir
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Babrak Karmal
Definition
first Soviet-installed president of Afghanistan
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Najibullah
Definition
2nd Soviet-installed leader of Afghanistan
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Mullah Muhammad Omar
Definition
Founder and leader of Taliban
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osama bin laden
Definition
militant islamist, founder of al-qaeda
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afghan arabs
Definition
foreign muslims who aided the Afghan mujahedeen against the Soviets
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ISI
Definition
Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence, funded by U.S. to fight Soviets
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Definition
Soviet leader in the 80's - glastnost, perestroyka
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Nur Muhammad Taraki
Definition
first Afghan communist president, helped lead coup against Da'ud Kahn
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Hafizullah Amin
Definition
2nd communist president of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, has Taraki killed when learns plot of assassination
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Muhammad Da'ud Kahn
Definition
leads coup d'etat, brings Parchams into power
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Muhammad Mosaddeq
Definition
Prime Minister of Iran under the Shah,
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Kermit Roosevelt
Definition
CIA operative who encouraged the coup against Mosaddeq
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South Tehran vs. North Tehan
Definition
Wealth and modernization vs. poverty and nothing
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SAVAK
Definition
Iranian secret police of Shah, ignored human rights
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Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini
Definition
Imam, leader of Iran after deposition of Shah,
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ayatollah kalkhali
Definition
hanging judge, condemned many to executions
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Shamil Basayev
Definition
Chechen insurgent leader
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Aslan Mashkhadov
Definition
first Soviet installed president of Chechnya
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Boris Yeltsin
Definition
First president of Russian federation following Gorbachev, commenced fighting against Chechnya
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